Cornelis "Kees" Buddingh' (7 August 1918 – 24 November 1985) was a Dutch poet, TV-presenter, translator.

After several publications in the prewar literary magazines "Den Gulden Winckel" and "Criterium", Buddingh' debuted with his collection "Het geïrriteerde lied" (1941).

These publications of surreal poems were illegal, due to the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.

In 1944, a little under-the-counter book was clandestinely published, a series of erotic quatrains titled Praeter gallum cantat.

He translated many English books into Dutch, including The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy and A Clockwork Orange, together with his son Wiebe.

Buddingh' also was the chairman of the publishing company De Bezige Bij and was granted an honorary citizenship of Dordrecht on his 60th birthday.